moshav
A moshav (, plural ', "settlement, village") is a type of Israeli village or town or Jewish settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 and 1 ...
in central
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
. Located near
Rehovot
Rehovot (, / ) is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of .
Etymology
Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu (movement), Bilu movement, proposed the name "Rehovot ...
, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Brenner Regional Council
Brenner Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Brenner''; ), is a regional council in the Central District of Israel. It is located in the westernmost portion of the Shephelah, in the vicinity of Rehovot and Yavne. The council is named after wri ...
. In it had a population of .
History
It was founded in 1933 as part of the
Settlement of the Thousand
The Settlement of the Thousand (, ''Hityashvut HaElef'') refers to two separate Zionist plans to settle Jewish families on farms in Mandate Palestine. The first started in September 1926,Arab rioters. It was named after an ancient town in the territory of the
Tribe of Dan
The Tribe of Dan (, "Judge") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, according to the Torah. According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe initially settled in the hill lands bordering Tribe of Ephraim, Ephraim and Tribe of Benjamin, Benjamin on the ...
“Tel Malot: Final Report.” Hadashot Arkheologiyot: Excavations and Surveys in Israel, vol. 129, 2017, p.1-11 some kilometers south-east. Following Rehovot's expansion after the
1948 Arab–Israeli War
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, it became an enclave within the city's perimeter.
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